Index

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• The Affair 104, 361, 387, 404, 482
• Alderley Edge 298–9
• Allen, Charles 282, 385
• ‘alone’ and loneliness 445, 474–7, 484
• Alton, Angus 230–1
• Anderson, Darley 10, 331, 363, 366, 367–9, 370–1, 372, 373, 374, 375–6, 380, 408, 413, 414, 415–16, 417, 418, 420, 421, 422, 426, 427, 442–3
• Anderson, Gerry 121
• Angel, Juan Pablo 115
• ‘Anglo-Saxon England: the Life of the People’ 188–92, 193
• anti-Irish prejudice 155, 395
• Appelbaum, Irwyn 370, 416, 419, 420, 443
• Archer, Jeffrey 380
• Ashcroft, Ken 276, 284, 290, 301
• Aston Villa 102, 103–4, 108–10, 112–15, 116–17, 175, 250, 277, 296, 297

• Bachdenkel 136
• Bad Luck and Trouble 115, 168, 203, 256, 282–3, 295, 369, 372, 380, 385, 413, 420, 475
• Bader, Douglas 122
• Bartlett, Dave 151
• Bates, Paul (‘Arthur’) 151, 153, 154, 169
• Beatles 123–4, 125, 126, 224, 276, 292, 297
• Beckham, David 116, 117
• Belfast 17, 51, 52
• Bell, Martin 283
• Beowulf 247, 248
• Bergen-Belsen 46–7, 52, 327
• Berry, Chuck 210
• Best, Clyde 108
• Billingham, Mark 426
• Birmingham 24, 56, 57–8, 62, 70, 74, 102, 104–5, 119, 120–1, 150, 152, 395, 440
• Bishop, Rob 104, 105, 110, 111, 113, 115
• Black, Cilla 104
• Bloodsworth, Kirk 450
• Bloom, Harold 174–5
• Blue Moon 81, 177, 285, 308, 350, 360, 397–8, 451–2, 457, 463, 477, 484, 493–4, 499, 500–2
• Blyton, Enid 76, 197
• Borges, Jorge Luis 100, 111, 162, 471
• Bowie, David 234, 297–8
• Bramhope Tunnel 4–5
• Brecon Mountain Rescue Team 341, 342, 497
• Brill, Tony 284
• British Archive for Contemporary Writing, University of East Anglia 12, 348, 494
• British royal family 116, 269, 466, 497
• Brook, Peter 218–19, 220
• Brown, Janet 268, 276, 317, 335–9
• Brown, John 275–6, 284, 295, 338–9
• Brown, Martin 78, 80, 146, 234, 244–5, 248, 255
• Browning, Robert 328
• Buckland, Mike 66, 67
• Burke, Mark 115
• Burnett, Frances Hodgson 79
• Burton, John 158
• Bush, George W. 468–9

• Camus, Albert 111, 162, 290, 471–2
• Cannon Hill Arts Centre 134, 152, 165
• Carbone, Benito 115
• Cavanagh, Steve 439
• Centrello, Gina 498
• Cherry Orchard Primary School, Birmingham 64–7, 69, 70, 72, 74, 77, 86, 110, 120, 218, 294
• Child, Lee
  • archive 12, 494
  • awards 39, 381, 393, 436, 494
  • blogging 270, 321, 391, 413, 423–4, 434–5, 436
  • book deals 373, 375, 377, 418–20, 452
  • book festivals, tours and signings 5, 66, 101, 212, 224–5, 234, 326–7, 329, 364–5, 377–8, 387–8, 391, 393, 401, 408, 423–4, 433, 434, 443–4, 449, 453, 454–5
  • cars 31, 196–201, 202–5, 382–3
  • CBE 494, 496–7
  • childhood 1–2, 13–14, 15–16, 24–5, 29, 30, 32–3, 34, 38, 39, 84–5
  • childhood mementos 33, 39, 126, 128
  • clothes style 33, 180, 423, 473
  • competitive swimmer 217
  • Dark Tower band experience 134, 136–7, 152, 165
  • debut novel see Killing Floor
  • dislike of his parents 62, 63, 83, 90, 169
  • drug use 129, 130, 147, 275, 452
  • eating habits 88, 242, 462, 490–1
  • emigration to America 251, 389–99
  • and fatherhood 303–18
  • fighter 25, 31, 56–9, 60–1, 62, 67, 142, 153, 154, 243, 255
  • first employment 216–18, 232–4
  • Granada TV career 257–98, 299–301, 332, 334, 335, 342–3, 362, 404–5
  • guitars 125–6, 134, 495
  • hands over writing duties to brother 498–500
  • height and languor 1, 61, 174, 246–7, 278, 489–90, 495
  • interest in history 4, 192–3
  • law student 222, 240, 243–6, 254–5, 290
  • Lee Child addiction 452, 453–60
  • love of theatre 90, 173–4, 176–7, 217–20, 222–3, 245
  • lyricist 166, 167
  • marriage 227–8, 249, 255
  • minimalism 251, 253, 254
  • origin stories 21, 80
  • other writers on 405, 438–9
  • passion for books and reading 2–3, 7, 36, 37, 38, 76–7, 79, 82, 252, 295, 465, 466
  • philanthropy 81–2, 181–2, 234, 341–2
  • and politics 280, 284–5, 325, 465–6, 468–70
  • President of the Mystery Writers of America 408
  • properties 252, 315–16, 391, 393–4, 468, 494–5
  • pseudonyms 199, 238, 239, 362–3
  • retirement 443, 446, 493, 498–500, 503
  • rheumatic fever 84–5
  • schooldays see Cherry Orchard Primary School; King Edward’s School
  • self-mythification 130–1, 261–2, 271, 361
  • sexual awakening 130–1
  • smoking 85, 113, 127, 131, 132–3, 141, 147
  • solicitude 247–8, 293, 294
  • trade unionism 273–4, 284–6, 325, 332, 342
  • watches 30, 32–3
  • writing and storytelling aesthetic 100–1, 111, 132, 133, 167, 206–15, 332–3, 347–53, 361, 363, 371, 381–2, 396, 398, 439–40, 453, 456–7
• children 303–18
• class distinctions 71, 72, 144
• Claughton, John 69, 72, 143, 157, 163, 182, 235, 316–17, 395, 411
• Clay, Nigel 141–2, 146, 147, 148–9, 221
• Cleary, Mick 220–1, 381
• Clinton, Bill 116, 330, 443, 450, 466–8, 470, 471
• Coe, Jonathan, The Rotters’ Club 157–8, 178, 194
• Cole, Martina 363, 367, 375, 408
• Cole, Nat King 460
• Collis, David 142, 143, 148, 151, 163, 165
• Connelly, Michael 199, 364, 418
• Cooper, Rod 64
• Coventry 24–5, 26–7, 29–30, 102, 119
• Cowans, Gordon 115, 116, 297
• Crais, Robert 199, 386
• Cruise, Tom 57, 113, 116, 117, 132, 180, 196, 415, 428, 429, 430, 435, 436, 437, 438
• Cubs and Scouts 78, 141, 146

• Daniels, Francis 69
• Dawkins, Richard 488
• Dickens, Charles 307
• Die Trying 8, 100, 104, 109, 115, 118, 133, 199, 251, 297, 309, 372, 389, 390, 398, 405–6, 406, 415, 431, 485, 488
• Docherty, Tommy 115
• Donne, John 91
• Dougan, Derek 103
• Doyle, Arthur Conan 76
• Drabble, Margaret 427, 438–9
• Dylan, Bob 131, 301

• Echo Burning ix, 194, 200, 201, 203, 206, 207–8, 310–11, 334, 345, 379, 404, 413, 414, 417, 418, 461, 463, 475, 486
• Eco, Umberto 133
• Elmwood, Birmingham 75–80, 81, 82
• The Enemy 56, 83, 87–8, 89, 91, 93–8, 99, 112, 115, 150, 176, 201–2, 286–7, 404, 435, 445, 464, 476, 502
• Evert, Chris 256–7
• ‘Everyone Talks’ 479

• Falklands War 267
• fascism 156
• female characters 44, 275, 477–81, 482–3
• Finlay, Larry 9–10, 376–7, 400, 498
• First World War 10, 18–19, 26, 101, 183, 340
• Firth, David 327–9, 391
• Fisher, Steve 369, 370–1, 409, 415, 418, 421, 422, 425, 428
• Fitzwalter, Raymond 281, 282, 284
• Foer, Jonathan Safran 131
• Follett, Ken 369, 380, 414
• football 102, 103–6, 108–11, 112–15, 116–17
• Forbes, Andy 144, 157–9
• Forman, Denis 281
• ‘The Frightening Power of Fiction’ 458

• Gallagher, Rory 152, 234
• Gallagher, Stephen 258, 259, 274, 299–300, 306, 362, 378, 395, 406
• Gallipoli 18–19
• gang culture 70
• Gay, Roxane 131
• Gerrard, Ian 270, 308
• Gibbons, Mike 241, 243, 244, 245, 246, 249, 250–1, 254–5
• Glover, Paul 153, 154, 157, 158, 161–2
• Godiva, Lady 29–30
• Gone Tomorrow 314, 379, 481
• Gosling, Caroline 266, 278
• G.P. Putnam’s Sons 27, 331, 373, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418–19
• Granada Television 257–98, 299–301, 332, 334, 335, 342–3, 362, 404–5
• Granger, Don 421, 422, 425, 429
• Grann, Phyllis 417–18
• Grant, Andrew (brother) 68, 113, 304, 305–6, 354, 445, 497, 498, 499–500
• Grant, Audrey (mother) 11, 15, 25, 29, 32, 36, 40, 49, 50, 51, 54, 56, 62, 63, 67, 68, 73, 83–7, 88, 89, 90, 98, 119–20, 126, 128, 129, 181, 184–5, 196–7, 246, 291, 305
• Grant, David (brother) 68, 123, 304, 306, 341, 342, 497
• Grant, James D. (Jim) see Child, Lee
• Grant, Jane (great-grandmother) 17, 18, 25, 43
• Grant, Jane Hope (wife) 130, 182, 226–9, 230–1, 240, 241–2, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 253, 255, 256, 259, 277, 292, 295, 298, 299, 300, 303, 304, 315, 316, 317, 319, 323, 324, 330, 338, 343, 354, 357, 362, 363, 389, 391, 392, 396, 468, 471, 483–4, 485, 500
• Grant, John (grandfather) 16, 17–20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 40, 43, 44, 227
• Grant, John Reginald (Rex) (father) 26, 31, 32, 36–7, 40, 41–2, 43, 44, 45–6, 47–8, 49, 50–1, 52, 54, 56, 62, 68, 73, 78, 80, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 119, 122, 128, 133, 159–60, 181, 196, 222, 235, 246, 260, 317, 326, 405, 464–5
• Grant, Margaret (aunt) 43–4, 51
• Grant, Richard (brother) 24, 25, 32, 39, 54, 56, 58, 66–7, 71, 80, 87, 88, 89, 118, 122, 123, 128, 129, 159–60, 306, 341, 490, 497
• Grant, Ruth Sadie (daughter) 26, 31, 62, 82, 116, 130, 198, 223, 226, 253, 259, 289, 298, 303–4, 305, 306, 309, 312, 314, 316, 317–18, 321–2, 327, 328, 329, 330, 343, 354, 385, 389, 427, 447, 451, 488, 495, 500
• Grant, Sam (great-grandfather) 17, 18
• Grant, Winifred (grandmother) 16, 22, 43–4
• Great Smog 118–19
• Green, Peter 135, 165
• Greene, Graham 427
• Gregory, John 115
• Griffin, Maggie 391
• Griffiths, Peter 158
• Grisham, John 340, 370, 381, 453
• ‘Grit in My Eye’ 239
• Grunwick strike 158
• Gulf War 267

• Haley, Bill 124
• Hallam, Nigel 241–2, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248–9, 250, 255, 258
• Hamstead Colliery 121
• Handsworth Wood, Birmingham 70–2
• The Hard Way 115, 203, 204, 220, 239, 241, 251, 253–4, 311, 315, 332, 391, 413, 435, 474, 475
• Harris, David 102, 103
• Harrogate 4, 5, 10, 39, 45, 72, 225, 316, 381, 455, 507
• Hatton, John 472
• The Hero 79, 192–3, 250, 333, 403, 454, 483, 494
• High Heat 12, 43, 45, 61, 257
• Highfill, David 310, 320, 326, 354, 355, 356, 370, 371–2, 373, 374, 378, 385, 386, 401, 409, 417, 418, 428, 433
• Holt, Mike 137–8, 151

• illegal money 385–6
• impostor syndrome 86
• Inglis, Simon 103–5, 110, 115, 144, 147–8, 183
• Iranian Embassy siege 269
• Irwin, Pat 276–7, 294
• Irwin, Patsy 498

• Jakubowski, Maxim 383
• Jack Reacher (film) 436, 437–8
• James, Graham 294–5, 392
• James Bond franchise 397
• Jenny (lurcher-Labrador) 330, 389
• Johns, W. E. 76
• Johnson, Mark 421
• Johnson, Steve 140, 145, 153, 162–3
• Jones, Sid 359–60
• Just the Clothes on My Back (album) 166, 167, 477

• Kafka, Franz 92
• Kelly, Jude 283
• Killing Floor 10, 12, 24, 27, 28, 31, 41, 44, 54, 60–1, 73–4, 89, 109, 128, 137, 139, 148–9, 153, 198, 199, 204, 269, 280, 282, 308, 313, 319, 322, 325, 326, 329, 331, 346–59, 363–4, 366–79, 380–6, 388, 391, 400, 406, 408–10, 411, 418, 421, 440, 475, 482, 493, 495, 500
• King Edward’s School, Birmingham 58, 69, 72, 77, 78, 84, 101–2, 103, 126–7, 128–9, 138, 139–48, 150–1, 152–64, 170–85, 186–8, 221, 395–6, 472
• King, Stephen 116, 387, 393, 427
• Kirkby Lonsdale 13, 319–20, 321–31, 389–90, 391

• Lamaison, Julia 282–3
• Lancaster bombers 48–9
• Led Zeppelin 39, 134, 135–6, 152, 209, 224, 441
• Leighton, John 205, 235, 325, 326, 330
• ‘Letter to an Unknown Soldier’ 21–2
• libraries 1, 2, 6–7, 75–7, 80, 81–2, 466
• Liddiment, David 283
• Lodge, David, Nice Work 194, 196
• Lonely Writers’ Club 483–4
• Luiselli, Valeria 131
• Lunt, Canon R.G. 146, 147, 156, 161, 162, 163, 171–3, 187, 188, 222, 465
• Lyster, Maisie 65, 218

• McDermid, Val 82
• MacDonald, John D. 39, 191, 342, 400, 421
• McEwan, Ian 401
• McGrath, Paul 115
• McGregor, William 114
• Mackie, Mel and May 324–5, 331
• MacLean, Alistair 41, 81
• McQuarrie, Christopher 428, 429
• Make Me 62, 115, 174, 278, 280–1, 427, 477
• Martin, Andy
  • Reacher Said Nothing 427, 439–40
  • With Child: Lee Child and the Readers of Jack Reacher 92
• Maslin, Janet 20, 56, 364, 408, 422–3
• Massive Attack 167
• Mechanics’ Institute, Otley 49–50, 69
• Messick, Kevin 421, 422
• The Midnight Line 1, 20, 63, 106–7, 186, 209, 212, 213–14, 286, 386, 404, 411, 414, 454, 457, 459, 474, 479, 481, 482
• Milosevic, Savo 115
• Mondrian, Piet 113
• Monsarrat, Nicholas 76
• moon landings 86–7
• Morrison, Steve 281–2
• Morrison, Van 27, 44, 45, 52, 124, 238
• Mothers club, Birmingham 134–5
• Moutier, Jean Denis 176
• Mudd, Adrian 226
• Mudd, Dave 160–1
• Murakami, Haruki 405, 427
• Murdoch, Rupert 284, 289
• ‘My First Drug Trial’ 444, 455
• My Home in America (picture book) 80–1
• ‘My Rules’ 394

• Naked Blue 165–6, 484
• narcotics trade 385
• Nash, Graham 124, 126
• Naughtie, James 39–40, 455
• Neesham, Jenny 245, 247, 248
• Nendick, Mike 288
• Never Go Back 197, 199, 200, 280, 289, 303, 307, 312–13, 315, 316, 318, 476–7
• ‘New Blank Document’ 440
• Night School 9–10, 38, 40, 60, 113, 156, 269, 273, 290
• Not a Drill 55
• Nothing to Lose 33, 115, 200, 208, 209, 226, 231, 237–8, 240, 397, 404, 413, 422–3, 435, 437, 476

• Oates, Joyce Carol 131
• Obama, Barack 116, 470–1
• Odysseus 99
• Oldfield, Mike 238
• Olivier, Laurence 261, 262
• Olson, Peter 416, 417–18, 419
• One Shot 57, 125, 170, 196, 251, 422, 423, 424–5, 435, 437, 475, 500
• Osbourne, Ozzy 116
• Otley 1–4, 5–7, 8–9, 10, 11, 13–14, 49, 69–70, 72
• Oxbridge 8, 142, 163–4, 165, 176, 183, 184

• Page, Jimmy 135–6, 209, 456
• Paramount 422, 425, 428, 436
• Parslew, Michael 144, 168, 170–81, 182, 185, 187, 188
• Past Tense 176, 201, 211, 223, 229, 341, 350, 357, 387–8, 396, 402, 411, 443, 446, 450, 457
• Payne, David 9, 14
• Peel, John 134
• Personal 345, 439
• Persuader 86, 115, 119, 191, 354–5, 416, 417, 419, 435, 482
• Pink Floyd 135, 167, 238, 277
• Plant, Robert 134, 152
• polio epidemic 118, 119, 336–8, 339
• post-war Britain 48, 49–50, 53, 70, 120–2
• Pound Ridge 391–2, 470
• Powell, Enoch 158
• Pullman, Philip 347, 481–2

• racism 157–8
• Radio Luxembourg 124, 133
• Random House 416, 418–19, 458
• Rankin, Ian 443
• Reeves, Robert 131, 198, 217, 231, 248, 257–8, 261, 262–3, 264, 265–6, 267, 269, 271–2, 274–5, 276, 277, 278–9, 280, 288, 290–302, 338, 340, 343, 378–9, 401–2
• Rigby, David 143
• Rinder, Fred 110
• Robinson, Gerry 282
• Robinson, Jeffrey 385
• Rolling Stones 135
• Royston, Bill 244
• Ruskin, John 319, 320

• Sackur, Stephen 461–2, 463–4, 465, 473
• Salter, Mark 90
• Sapsford, Dave and Mary 322–3, 324
• Saunders, Andy 150–2, 153–4, 155, 156–7, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164–5, 166, 168, 169, 227
• Sayer, Phil 293–4
• Scarrott, John 285, 287, 288
• Scimeca, Riccardo 115
• Scott, Harriet (Hettie) 56, 119, 314–15
• Scrafton, Audrey Leider (grandmother) 1, 10–11, 14, 16, 72, 133, 181, 227, 317, 344
• Scrafton, Harry Dover (grandfather) 10–11, 12, 14, 16, 21, 86, 141, 227, 496
• Second Son 15, 20, 32, 35, 57, 64, 89, 98
• Second World War 5, 29, 30, 45–8, 65, 71, 94, 98, 120, 172, 183, 238, 325, 464
• Seddon, Holly 456
• sex and relationships 247, 248–9, 486–7
• Shakespeare, William 14, 29, 30, 84, 90, 157, 168, 174, 175, 187, 210, 217, 218–20, 239, 250, 349, 471, 485, 494
• Shaw, Gary 115
• Sheffield 102, 231–2, 235–8, 249–50
• Sheffield University 226, 234–5, 240, 243–6, 305
• Sherez, Stav 439
• Shiren, Norman 229–30, 319, 327
• shoplifting 145
• Simenon, Georges 39, 40, 408
• 61 Hours 52, 90, 251, 340, 386, 398, 407, 434, 467, 475, 476, 477
• Smith, Martin Cruz 321
• Solnit, Rebecca 195, 482–3
• Spicer, Charles 58, 71, 75–6, 77, 121, 144, 157
• Stalybridge 259
• Stanley (spaniel) 253, 259, 303, 322, 343–4
• Styron, William, Sophie’s Choice 301, 345
• Swain, Kenny 115

• Taylor, Graham 115
• Teale, Shaun 115
• television
  • early 121–3
  • see also Granada Television
• Thatcher, Margaret 280, 284
• Theseus 441–2
• Thomas, Dylan 91
• Todd, Ann 274–5
• trade unionism 70, 273–4, 279, 280, 284–6, 289, 325, 332, 342
• Transworld 372, 373–4, 376–7, 381, 401, 408, 415, 418, 420–1, 452, 498
• Tripwire 20, 78, 92, 199, 216, 217, 307, 309, 310, 372, 391, 406, 431, 432, 476, 486, 488, 500
• Tudor, Rick 152, 155
• Turner, Jeff 279, 285
• Turner, J.M.W. 13, 320

• vaccination programmes 119, 120
• Vassell, Darius 115
• Velmans, Marianne 354–5, 373, 498
• vigilante violence 446, 450–1, 463–4
• The Visitor/Running Blind 75, 115, 202, 203, 222, 243, 283, 325–6, 372, 389, 390, 392, 415, 417, 424, 476, 483
• Vonnegut, Kurt 238, 270

• Walker, Harold 5–6, 8
• A Wanted Man 307, 311, 394, 448, 474
• West Bromwich Albion 102, 103
• Westwood, Ashley 115
• ‘Wet with Rain’ 52
• Wilde, Oscar 79, 491
• Willetts, David 178–9
• Williams, Phil 451
• Williamson, Howard 144–5, 148, 151, 183
• Wilson, Mairi 64, 65, 67, 75, 77
• Wilson, Tony 299
• Wimbledon 122, 256–7
• Wiseman, Keith 113, 114
• Withe, Pete 115
• Without Fail 115, 288, 314–15, 350, 361, 416–17, 428, 435, 439
• Wolfson, Richard 165
• Woods Jack, Bruce 326–7
• Worth Dying For 79, 312, 458
• Wouk, Herman 94
• Wright, Elizabeth 380–1, 382, 383, 384, 385

• Yeomans, Alison 64, 65, 67–8, 69, 75, 77, 121, 152, 159–60, 248, 305
• Yorke, Dwight 115

• Zephaniah, Benjamin 108, 116, 117